Shoe.



J. N. SCHWANDEH.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILEDJAN. 2;. 191,6.

1,201,879. Patented Oct. 17,1916.

@mwm m .rnoon l\T. SCHWANDER, or ALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

Application filed January 8, 1916. Serial No. 71,035.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAooB N. ScHWANDEn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relatesto improvements in shoes and like articles of footwear, the object of the invention being to provide a shoe which isespecially designed and constructed to present a soft sole, renderingthe shoe of maximum comfort and ease to the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to provide} a shoe which avoidslasting and channeling, as well as the use of an ordinary comparativelystiff inner sole, and which also obviates the use of seams upon theinterior of the shoe which are liable to hurt or cause discomfort to thefoot of the wearer.

The invention consists of the, features of construction, combination andarrangement 1 of parts herein fully described and claimed,

Figure 1 is a perspect ve view ofwone form,

' of shoe constructed in accordance with my and yet strong and. durableleather being preferred. The upper 2 may be made of any suitable kind ofsoft leather, while the lining 3 is also made of soft leather, and

which .is also comparatively thin. In prac tice, the upper and liningmay be made'of the same kind of leather, if desired, and the liningforms with the upper a shoe body of sock-like softness which makes theshoe easy and comfortable to the foot of the wearer.

In order to avoid the production of any internal seams, ridges orprojections of any kind liable to hurt or injure the foot of the wearer,I provide novel means for uniting the meeting edges of the upper andlining to eachother and to the sole 1. To this end, the meeting edges 4and 5, respectively,

of the upper and lining are turned outward and'united by threadstitching 6, and the seam thus formed is projected downwardly andarranged to'lie within a groove or depression 7 in the-upper face of thesole 1, saidgrooveor depression being formed by creasing the sole so asto make an indentation of the required form and depth in the uppersurface thereof. The leather of which the sole is made beingcomparativelysoft will allow this to be done, and at the same time avoidthe necessity of channeling or otherwise positively cutting into theleather. The connecting seam between the upper and lining being thusproduced, thus forming a sock-like shoe body, and the seanrfitted withinthe groove of the sole, a portion of the upper is then turned outwardlyand folded upon itself to form a doubled flange 8 extending marginallyaround it, and this.

flange is then sewed to the edge of the sole 1 by means of a continuousline of stitching 9, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

- By the construction described a shoe is produced which is not onlycomposed of soft and flexible component parts, but in which theconnecting seam between the lining and upper is projected downwardly andconfined within the groove in the sole, so as to allow the surfaceof thelining to lie flush entirely across the top of the sole, while theconnecting seam between the sole and upper lies upon the outside of theshoe body, leaving no seams or other projections within the shoe tochafe or otherwise hurt or injure the foot. A type of shoe is thus madewhich may be constructed to fit the foot easily and snugly and whichwill yet be almost as soft and comfortable as an ordinary sock.

The invention may: be employed in the production of all kinds of shoes,but particularly in the production of slippers, house-shoes, sportingshoes, etc., which should be of a comfortable character, the inventionproviding such a type of shoe which may not only be made asinexpensively or expensively as desired, butwhich will afford maximumthe wearer.

I claim 1. A shoe comprising an outer sole, an inner sole, and an upperhaving an outwardly extending marginal portion'folded to preease andcomfort. to 4 105 its lower ply secured to the inside sole independentlyof the remainder of the upper by a seam located inside of said outsideseam.

2. A shoe comprising an outer sole, an in- 5 ner sole or lining, and anupper, said upper having a folded marginal portion presenting upper andlower plies, a line of stitching passing through both of said plies andthe outer sole and securing the same together, the lower ply of saidfolded marginal portion being provided with a free edge, and a line ofstitching uniting said free edge of said lower plv to the marginal edgeof the lining or inner sole free and'independent of 15.the body of theupper.

3. A shoe including an outer sole, an inner sole or. lining having adownturned mar-' ginal edge, an' upper having an outturned margin foldedupon itself to provide upper and lower plies, the lower ply having anedge portion disposed in proximate and parallel relation to thedownturned marginal edge of the inner sole or lining, a line ofstitching passing through the outer sole and gaaboth plies of the foldedmarginal portion ofthe upper and securing the same. to-

gether, and a line of stitching passing throughthe proximate edgeportions of the inner sole or lining and the lower ply of said foldedmarginal portion of the upper and connecting the same independently ofthe body of the upper.

4. A shoe including an outer sole, an inner sole or lining, and anupper, said upper having a marginal portion folded to present upper andlower plies, both of said plies being secured to the sole by an outsideseam and the lower of said plies being secured tothe inner sole by aninside seam, independently of connection with the body of the upper.

5. A shoe including an outer sole, an inner sole or lining, an upperhaving an outwardly extending marginal portion folded to presentupperand lower plies, a line of stitching connecting both of said plieswith the outer sole, and a line of stitching con-o necting the free edgeof the lower ply, independently of the body of the upper, with themarginal edge of the lining or inner sole.

6. A shoe comprising an outer sole, an inner sole or lining, and anupper having a marginal portion folded upon itself to present anupper-outwardly extending ply and a lower inwardly extending ply, thesaid plies being united to the outer sole beyond the line of the body ofthe upper and the inner p 51 being united solely to the inner sole orlining below the horizontal plane of the upper surface of said ply andlining. on

7. A shoe comprising a solo, a soft lining for the upper surface of thesole, and an upper, said lining and upper being united by a seam, andthe upper being connected with thesole by a seam, the sole being formed66 with a groove receiving the first-named seambelowthe plane of thesurface of the lining.

8. A shoe comprising a sole having a marginal groove in its uppersurface, a soft lining for the upper surface of the sole, and 7.0 anupper having an outturned portion united to the sole and having an edgeportion connected with theedge portion of the lining by a seam,said'fseam occupying said groove in the sole below'the surface of thelining. i

9. A shoe comprising a sole having a mar-v ginal groove in its uppersurface, a lining extending across the upper surface of the sole,-and anupper marginally secured to the lining by a seam projecting into saidgroove and having an outwardly projecting portion united on the outsideof the shoe to the marginal portion of the sole.

10. A shoe comprising a sole having a marginal groove in its uppersurface, a lining for the upper surface of said sole, and an upper, saidupper being secured by a seam to the lining and by a second seam outsideof the first-named seam to the sole, the first-named seam being inclosedwithin said groove.

11. A shoe comprising a sole having a marginal depression in its uppersurface, a soft lining for the upper surface of the sole, and an upper,said lining'and upper having out-turned marginal portions united to forma seam occupying said depression below the plane of the surface of thelining, and said upper having aodoubled portion folded out wardly in theform of a flange united by a seam to the marginal portion of the soleoutwardly beyond the line of said depress on. l

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

v I JACOB N. SCHWANDER.

Witnesses:

Jnssn HAMBURGH, SAMUEL GRANT.

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Washington, D. 0.

